[11B Higher amount for long-term empty dwellings: England]
Local Government Finance Act 1992 (1992 c 14) | Legislation

[11B  Higher amount for long-term empty dwellings: England]

[(1)     For any financial year, a billing authority in England may by determination provide in relation to its area, or such part of its area as it may specify in the determination, that if on any day a dwelling is a long-term empty dwelling—

(a)     the discount under section 11(2)(a) shall not apply, and

(b)     the amount of council tax payable in respect of that dwelling and that day [(“the relevant day”)] shall be increased by such percentage of not more than [the relevant maximum] as it may so specify.

[(1A)     For the financial year beginning on 1 April 2019 the “relevant maximum” is 100.

(1B)     For the financial year beginning on 1 April 2020 the “relevant maximum” is—

(a)     in respect of any dwelling where the period mentioned in subsection (8) ending on the relevant day is less than 5 years, 100;

(b)

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